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and live out to the pentagon for a news briefing with lieutenant- general adrian bradshaw. he is an afghanistan today and will be briefing reporters via videoconference on the progress and transition in afghanistan. again, we are live in the pentagon this morning for a news briefing with lieutenant-general adrian bradshaw piteous, once again, in afghanistan and he will be briefing -- he is, once again, in afghanistan and he will be briefing reporters on the progress and transition in afghanistan. later, former secretary of state henry kissinger will be looking at the upcoming agenda on the 18th national congress of china and what it means for u.s.-china relations. china will have new communist party political leaders stressed that discussion will get underway at 12:30 eastern at the woodrow wilson center in washington. we will have at live for you on c-span. a reminder of tonight's debate from the university of denver. at 9:00, jim lehrer will be moderating the debate, focusing on domestic policy. when i.t. is done, we will take your phone calls and e-mails and tweets. live
and live out to the pentagon for a news briefing with lieutenant- general adrian bradshaw. he is an afghanistan today and will be briefing reporters via videoconference on the progress and transition in afghanistan. again, we are live in the pentagon this morning for a news briefing with lieutenant-general adrian bradshaw piteous, once again, in afghanistan and he will be briefing -- he is, once again, in afghanistan and he will be briefing reporters on the progress and transition in...
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. $2 trillion in defense spending that our pentagon and military leadership say we don't know. that's $8 trillion. the notion that somehow by closing loopholes for the wealth they're, the middle class is going to be held harmless. the middle class has to understand, if romney wins this presidential election they'll be paying the bill not to reduce the deficit, not to reduce jobs, to give huge tax cuts. >> the idea of the president is not going to tell the truth, this has become the theme inside the romney camp. >> you learned and studied all this about president obama as a debater, what are you looking? >> i think he's going to say a lot of things that aren't accurate. i would be tempted to go back to that line by ronald reagan, there you go again. >> your campaign has gone overboard at times with the rhetoric, are you worried that president obama is going to have a rough night with fact check ners. >> absolutely not. we still believe that this is going to be a close race. the reason, you know, governor romney is having a rough patch here is not because what we're sieg about hi
. $2 trillion in defense spending that our pentagon and military leadership say we don't know. that's $8 trillion. the notion that somehow by closing loopholes for the wealth they're, the middle class is going to be held harmless. the middle class has to understand, if romney wins this presidential election they'll be paying the bill not to reduce the deficit, not to reduce jobs, to give huge tax cuts. >> the idea of the president is not going to tell the truth, this has become the theme...
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this is the longest serving cs sumi t member of congres funds the pentagon in the house. he describes himself as a stay the course politician, since the days of the vietnam war. but he now says he is done. he is over it. and you know what? he's not ane. most americans are done. we are over it. more than two-thirdsth country says the u.s. should not be involved in afghanistan anymore and that is not a partisan figure. when you're looking at 69%, that's too high to be a partisan figure if nothing else. there's a political debate to have here between o responsible, competing ideas for wh to do in the longest war in american history tt's ad ea aha n slated to end this year and that is not slated to end next year and that is not slated to end until the end of the year of that. that, right now, is the democratic party's position as embodied by the democratic president. does the republican pay have a coetinidea nobody knows. >> it's six weeks before this election and we still don't really know what governor romney wants to do as president. that should make you worry. >> senator
this is the longest serving cs sumi t member of congres funds the pentagon in the house. he describes himself as a stay the course politician, since the days of the vietnam war. but he now says he is done. he is over it. and you know what? he's not ane. most americans are done. we are over it. more than two-thirdsth country says the u.s. should not be involved in afghanistan anymore and that is not a partisan figure. when you're looking at 69%, that's too high to be a partisan figure if nothing...
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make the senate armed services committee more open and how it reviews and authorization bill for the pentagon spending, for example. billions are authorized, but there's no transparency in the process. i also want to give my good friend and colleague to clarify the statement he made about nonprofits and their ability to pressure. >> my point is that it is really difficult. we do what we can to be relevant to what is politically as in we all play in that role. but compared to the minority switching hands in the pressure i played there, but very difficult for nonprofit to just create, so we can't create political circumstances, but we do things complementary to what they are. does that clarify which are not? >> difficult but not impossible. >> jim snyder. my question is to see you concerns the transparency congressionally sponsored event. i've been involved with about a half-dozen of them. they are incredibly valuable for nonprofits. not only are they free, that they are high prestige in great trade press doesn't apply to this particular audience, but in general to the media. >> how dare you in
make the senate armed services committee more open and how it reviews and authorization bill for the pentagon spending, for example. billions are authorized, but there's no transparency in the process. i also want to give my good friend and colleague to clarify the statement he made about nonprofits and their ability to pressure. >> my point is that it is really difficult. we do what we can to be relevant to what is politically as in we all play in that role. but compared to the minority...
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he was shot in the doorway, and the pentagon gives out the real name, mark owens. >> there's lots to talk about, lots going on. en you're also concerned about the history of islam. i know that this is something you'll be following. we appreciate you joining us today. >> just let me show you one book out of 47 that i've read in the last 11 years, i was reading this book, jihad, when the towers were struck. and if we don't teach our kids about gettysburg, iwo jima and normandy how will we teach them about battles that all of europe would be islamic if we haven't won some of these battles. it's a history problem. >> congressman, thank you so much for joining us today. we appreciate it. >> you bet. my pleasure. >> another page, a football investigation, but it's not the nfl. a pop warner football coach in orange county, california, has been allegedly suspended for paying 11-year-old players to knock out players on the opposing team. the nonprofit operation pop warner has asked the coach and league president to step down. the clock is ticking down to the first presidential debate. both ca
he was shot in the doorway, and the pentagon gives out the real name, mark owens. >> there's lots to talk about, lots going on. en you're also concerned about the history of islam. i know that this is something you'll be following. we appreciate you joining us today. >> just let me show you one book out of 47 that i've read in the last 11 years, i was reading this book, jihad, when the towers were struck. and if we don't teach our kids about gettysburg, iwo jima and normandy how...
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pentagon spokesman called it another example of the depraved behavior of the syrian regime. and why it must go. we are learning new details tonight of how organized the attackers were at the u.s. mission in libya. how disorganized the obama administration response has been since that deadly night. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has the latest from washington. >> fox news learned that there is now significant evidence of former guantanamo detainee sufyan bin qumu that personally trained some of the operatives in the benghazi consulate september 11. the initial claim it was not premeditated and thrown together in a single day in response to the cairo demonstration in video continues to unravel. >> it was certainly before the tate of that event. they had kill and capture teams and they had other information. >> rogers the chairman of the house intelligence committee said in the month before the attack, the al-qaeda affiliate joined forces with other islamists. >> we do know that over the course of time they had been looking for western targets. so al-qaeda
pentagon spokesman called it another example of the depraved behavior of the syrian regime. and why it must go. we are learning new details tonight of how organized the attackers were at the u.s. mission in libya. how disorganized the obama administration response has been since that deadly night. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has the latest from washington. >> fox news learned that there is now significant evidence of former guantanamo detainee sufyan bin qumu that...
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after that, a briefing at the pentagon. our live coverage of political debate continues at 11:00 p.m. eastern with the candidates for senate in nevada. representative heller this is representative berkeley. this race is a toss up. >> israeli prime minister netanyahu spoke about diplomacy and sanctions that are not working with regards to iran. his comments are half an hour. [applause] >> thank you. >> we invite prime minister netanyahu to speak before the assembly. >> thank you. it is a pleasure to see the general assembly presided by the ambassador from israel. it is good to see all of you distinguished delegates. ladies and gentlemen, 3000 years ago king david reigned over the jewish states in at the capitol of jerusalem. i say that to all of those who proclaim that the jewish state has no roots in our region and that it will soon disappear. throughout our history, the jewish people have overcome all of the tyrants who have sought our destruction. it is their ideologies that have been discarded by history. the people of i
after that, a briefing at the pentagon. our live coverage of political debate continues at 11:00 p.m. eastern with the candidates for senate in nevada. representative heller this is representative berkeley. this race is a toss up. >> israeli prime minister netanyahu spoke about diplomacy and sanctions that are not working with regards to iran. his comments are half an hour. [applause] >> thank you. >> we invite prime minister netanyahu to speak before the assembly. >>...
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essentially forced nixon out of office and the pentagon papers case they approve school busing. they ended the death penalty in the united states in 1972 and put it back in 1976 and still the most controversy decision of the mall, 1973, roe v wade says states can no longer ban abortion, it was a seven through code to opinion and the only ones were appointed by president kennedy and william rehnquist, three of the four nixon justices were in the majority and i think that tells you a lot about where the republican party was in the 1970's, 1975 william douglas stepped down and president ford nominated john paul stevens to replace him in the confirmation hearing he wasn't asked a question because it wasn't a part of the political dialogue in a way that it later became. the big issue, the big change began in 1980 with the election of ronald reagan because he brought with him to washington a very underrated figure in the recent history, some i don't think this is due as an important area and that is edwin meese because he was first an advisor and then as attorney general said look, th
essentially forced nixon out of office and the pentagon papers case they approve school busing. they ended the death penalty in the united states in 1972 and put it back in 1976 and still the most controversy decision of the mall, 1973, roe v wade says states can no longer ban abortion, it was a seven through code to opinion and the only ones were appointed by president kennedy and william rehnquist, three of the four nixon justices were in the majority and i think that tells you a lot about...
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i can tell you from my time in the pentagon that option is very real. it is important that we give diplomacy time to work. we still do have time. the president has been clear and consistently clear in his determination to absolutely prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. there's no doubt about that whatsoever. >> but the leader of israel benjamin netanyahu doesn't say we've been very clear. he keeps calling us to lay out a deliberate red line here. there are people here in this world, key allies, that don't think the president is being clear. >> i think we have laid out a red line and that is iran cannot actually get a weapon. and we've had extensive, intensive talks with the israelis. there's no light between us on the intelligence picture, there's no light between us on the policy objectives and we've worked very closely in a number of areas on diplomacy, on sanctions to try to further isolate iran and get them to change their decision-making calculus. and give up the qst for a bomb. >> israel says they could be six months away from a weapon. y
i can tell you from my time in the pentagon that option is very real. it is important that we give diplomacy time to work. we still do have time. the president has been clear and consistently clear in his determination to absolutely prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. there's no doubt about that whatsoever. >> but the leader of israel benjamin netanyahu doesn't say we've been very clear. he keeps calling us to lay out a deliberate red line here. there are people here in this...
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a pentagon report will al qaeda expanding in libya. and this guy we told you about, he's the former gitmo buy we told but. he's tied to ansar al-sharia. this report is specific that the al qaeda group was organizing affiliate groups to start expanding the terrorist actions on the ground in libya. clearly the u.s. intelligence community knew about the presence and strength of al qaeda on the ground. so what happened as you look through the prism of knowing that the u.s. government knows, it's a terrorist attack and knows the significance of al qaeda on the ground. you look back at the statement 24 hours after the attack and the last week and a half. and it puts it in a different perspective. megyn: they knew al qaeda was growing, they knew it was a threat. we know our ambassador had written in a personal journal that he may have been on an al qaeda hitless. hit -- hit list. in the wake of this reporting, we have been talking about it all afternoon. why did they send susan rice out on those sunday shows. every single one of them to tell
a pentagon report will al qaeda expanding in libya. and this guy we told you about, he's the former gitmo buy we told but. he's tied to ansar al-sharia. this report is specific that the al qaeda group was organizing affiliate groups to start expanding the terrorist actions on the ground in libya. clearly the u.s. intelligence community knew about the presence and strength of al qaeda on the ground. so what happened as you look through the prism of knowing that the u.s. government knows, it's a...
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now, remember this incident comes just three days after the pentagon lifted the ban on joint patrols. there's a news conference scheduled in kabul later this hour. earlier i spoke to ben farmer in kabul, mup reporter, and asked how unusual it is to have the news conference to soon after an incident like this. >> reporter: i think it is. these conferences are being held by the deputy commander of the entire coalition, and he is set to make a statement on what happened yesterday evening and then will answer questions. it is unusual for someone so senior to give a press conference after such an event. >> as i said, one american was killed. that marks the 2,001 military death in afghanistan for an american since the war started there nearly 11 years ago. >>> more allegations of voter registration fraud in florida. the complaints center around a company originally hired by the republican national committee. the company is called strategic allied consulting. that company did registration drives in five states, including florida. the "new york times" is reporting that suspicious registration
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gregg: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon, thanks. jenna: we'll see how that issue potentially comes up in the debates. the countdown is certainly on for the first debate between the president and governor romney. both candidates are going through final debate preparations before meeting face-to-face tomorrow night. the president spending the day with his staff in nevada, governor romney already in colorado where we find our campaign carl cameron live in denver. carl, it's been said that governor romney has a lot riding on these debates. what are you hearing about his prep? is he going for a knockout punch if you will? >> reporter: well the romney campaign would really prefer their knockout punch to come on election day. we are 35 days exactly from that now, five weeks from the day. with the debate tomorrow mr. romney is hoping to put this into the context of sort of a comprehensive approach gliding into election day, or rather charge into it. his aides yesterday said his first debate is a big opportunity for him to introduce himself
gregg: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon, thanks. jenna: we'll see how that issue potentially comes up in the debates. the countdown is certainly on for the first debate between the president and governor romney. both candidates are going through final debate preparations before meeting face-to-face tomorrow night. the president spending the day with his staff in nevada, governor romney already in colorado where we find our campaign carl cameron live in denver. carl, it's been said that...
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the pentagon cases. they approve school busing. they ended the death penalty in the united states in 1972. a letter back in 1976, and still the most controversial decision of all, 1973 roe v. wade, but said states could no longer ban abortion. it was a seven-2 up in and the only two dissenters and rove v. wade were byron white was appointed by president kennedy and william rehnquist, three of the four next justices were in the majority of will be wait and i think it shows you a lot about where the republican party was in the 1970s. 1975 when douglas stepped out and forward dominic john paul stevens to replace them. in his hearing he was not asked a single question about abortion because he was not part of a political dialogue in the way that later became. the big issue, big change began in 198 1980 that goes with the election of ronald reagan ronald reagan brought with them to washington a very underrated figure in a recent american history, somehow i don't think gets his due as an important person. that's edwin meese because edwin
the pentagon cases. they approve school busing. they ended the death penalty in the united states in 1972. a letter back in 1976, and still the most controversial decision of all, 1973 roe v. wade, but said states could no longer ban abortion. it was a seven-2 up in and the only two dissenters and rove v. wade were byron white was appointed by president kennedy and william rehnquist, three of the four next justices were in the majority of will be wait and i think it shows you a lot about where...
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long-term debt, that included making some reforms in our entitlement systems, and been bringing the pentagon under control and increasing that constantly and bringing some revenues, raising taxes on the high income folks won't make a dent in the economy or their take home pay. those are the balanced approach is the way that a lot of us think it should be done. in the senate now, the gang of ten that's going to try to come one an approach that's balanced. stuart: what about you, congressman, would you accept a balanced approach which had tax reform within it? by tax reform, i mean, lower rates, fewer loopholes, so more revenue, and at the same time, a plan to reform entitlements long-term. that's a balanced approach, but it doesn't involve raising gas. and that's simpson bowls, would you accept that? >> yeah, well the simpson bowls does have some rate adjustments. the devil is in the details and the approach where everything is on the table and clean up the tax code and lower rates, that makes sense and we did that with bradley, and senator bill bradlee in 1986 and the tax code had all of the
long-term debt, that included making some reforms in our entitlement systems, and been bringing the pentagon under control and increasing that constantly and bringing some revenues, raising taxes on the high income folks won't make a dent in the economy or their take home pay. those are the balanced approach is the way that a lot of us think it should be done. in the senate now, the gang of ten that's going to try to come one an approach that's balanced. stuart: what about you, congressman,...
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also joining the conversation, nbc news chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. and in just a few minutes, the great singer/songwriter paul av atu you. if you love summer and warmth and heat, turn away. this is the first snow picture of the season coming out of colorado. this comes to you from steamboat springs, lorado. a dusting of snow at the higher elevions. it the beginning. if you love to see, you're only aboua month . as aaistoday, already had some around new york city. another batch about to head back in. should be a dry afternoon. we had beneficial rains last night in oklahoma and there's mo coming. look at the heavy rain up by amarlo. hardest hit drought areas are getting rain as we go throuout the beginning of ll. fasr today. i don't expect a lot of airport trouble with rain moving through d.c. and new york and philadelphia today. it's hit and miss. i don't think you'll see minor delays at worst. it's a beautiful day from chicago to detroit to minneapolis. may see a stray storm or two around denver. we'rstill warm in tes. i got good news for everyone. t
also joining the conversation, nbc news chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. and in just a few minutes, the great singer/songwriter paul av atu you. if you love summer and warmth and heat, turn away. this is the first snow picture of the season coming out of colorado. this comes to you from steamboat springs, lorado. a dusting of snow at the higher elevions. it the beginning. if you love to see, you're only aboua month . as aaistoday, already had some around new york city. another...
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i just laughed jane harman in the pentagon issues briefing right now. secretary pineda -- is a member of the defense policy board on herein. actually. so she wasn't able to be here, but she's a wonderful leader for that institution. recognize her as well. mr. ambassador, all members of the diplomatic community are here, distinguished guests. truly wonderful to be here with you to celebrate the launch of this year's edition of strategic asia. npr's mission to strengthen the asia-pacific policy through research is one that is close to my own heart. i share nbr's commission on transmission. nbr's mission helps us make decisions for the publications you produce, the meetings you convened, scoop jackson would've been proud of your impacts. and for nbr, i've known many of the people at nbr for decades. rich, ashley, who might like to see today my friend. especially pleased to see the great success shared and national security studies. chalet with a dear friend of mind, were wrecked in the pentagon's in the 1990s and outside government as well and the nation w
i just laughed jane harman in the pentagon issues briefing right now. secretary pineda -- is a member of the defense policy board on herein. actually. so she wasn't able to be here, but she's a wonderful leader for that institution. recognize her as well. mr. ambassador, all members of the diplomatic community are here, distinguished guests. truly wonderful to be here with you to celebrate the launch of this year's edition of strategic asia. npr's mission to strengthen the asia-pacific policy...
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i found out my father was in the pentagon when the plane hit, too. that was a bad day. >> brian: was he okay. >> yes he was fine. >> brian: you will never forget the passengers face. to see a fully armed f-16 off of the wing tip brought them up short. it was an being morning. >> brian: other wars and conflict necessary kosovo and the days in iraq. how dangerous were those skies? >> it tarted out extremely dangerous. there was a lot left over from the first gulf war and saddam and everyone in four went down fighting. >> brian: thigh had more fire power left and one of two times where up felt you could die is when you tumbled on what was left of saddam's forces. >> yes. the medina division of the republican guard and went down to look for a company size unit and found an endivision and they fired so much missiles and i lost all my decoys >> brian: you sat there wondered if this was it >> i was zipping along as fast as i could go absolutely. >> brian: are you proud of what you have done for this country in >> i am. i will always look back and know when
i found out my father was in the pentagon when the plane hit, too. that was a bad day. >> brian: was he okay. >> yes he was fine. >> brian: you will never forget the passengers face. to see a fully armed f-16 off of the wing tip brought them up short. it was an being morning. >> brian: other wars and conflict necessary kosovo and the days in iraq. how dangerous were those skies? >> it tarted out extremely dangerous. there was a lot left over from the first gulf war...
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even as jurors deliberated the charges against him, pentagon prosecutors had already struck a plea bargain, a deal at the, really the direction of the obama administration. and that allowed for khadr's transfer to a canadian civilian prison. that happened this past weekend. now there's word his lawyers will press for his parole in just a few months. that means he could be out and a free man in a year. khadr is known as gitmo to be a dangerous high-risk terrorist. he was convicted killing a man on your screen, a u.s. special-ops forces medic in afghanistan. christopher sears was just 28 years old when he was murdered in a deadly ambush, leaving behind a wife and two young children. sergeant lane morris was partially blinded during that same firefight. he described what happened in the attack. take a listen. >> only thing we know for sure that was after the firefight was over, and we went in to collect intelligence, omar was waiting, the only person who survived that firefight. he was waiting and when u.s. personnel got close enough, he popped up, through a hand grenade, shot his pistol and,
even as jurors deliberated the charges against him, pentagon prosecutors had already struck a plea bargain, a deal at the, really the direction of the obama administration. and that allowed for khadr's transfer to a canadian civilian prison. that happened this past weekend. now there's word his lawyers will press for his parole in just a few months. that means he could be out and a free man in a year. khadr is known as gitmo to be a dangerous high-risk terrorist. he was convicted killing a man...
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, small agency within the pentagon is supposed to help service members, didn't implement a key law back in, that was passed back in 2009, that was supposed to provide greater assistance to our service members. but as you point out, there's still time, time to increase these numbers and we are doing our best to make sure that our service members are able to register and request absentee ballots and heroes note.cock, there's time, but they need to move quickly. >> clayton: why didn't the pentagon implement that key measure that would have helped. >> dave: that's a good question and obviously, there are a lot of questions that should be asked, after the election when, you know, the congressional members get back in session. right now we have to do everything in our power to make sure our service members register, request absentee ballot. go to heroes vote.org, it takes a couple of minutes and their spouses can do it, too, fill out the application online, print it off, mail it, send it in and now what, if they get in the mail by monday they should have their ballot in 7 to 10 days. >> dave:
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with the fourteenth street bridge an hour-and-a-half before it was hit -- the pentagon was hit on the other side of the fourteenth street bridge by those who attacked us in our country. i lost a friend that they. i lost a law partner that day and one of the young men who had grown up with my children, went to school with him, and the family went to church with us was lost in one of the twin towers. that change america forever. i about the car had the opportunity to go back to public service i would still like to use the experience i had as an attorney general and member of congress to do what was necessary to try to ensure that those who attacked this would not succeed and we could use the tools necessary to protect us and at the same time not allow them to defeat us by having us give up our civil liberties. i have been doing that every day since i work on the issue of jobs and taxes and spending. the reason i went back to congress and the reason i hope to stay in congress is to continue to protect the american people against those who would destroy our way of life and they are still
with the fourteenth street bridge an hour-and-a-half before it was hit -- the pentagon was hit on the other side of the fourteenth street bridge by those who attacked us in our country. i lost a friend that they. i lost a law partner that day and one of the young men who had grown up with my children, went to school with him, and the family went to church with us was lost in one of the twin towers. that change america forever. i about the car had the opportunity to go back to public service i...
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only agency of the government of the united states of america that is worse than acquisition than the pentagon who is famous for massive waste and cost overrun is the faa? what is wrong with your procurement process and how are we going to fix it? >> as you have heard, we would have in retrospect the eram should have been structured differently. i would tell you that we got the contractors attention at the ceo level to get the changes that we needed quickly. the profile of the kind of work the faa does is high risk and sometimes it is a technological leading edge, sometimes the bleeding edge and it is that kind of project especially when it is this complex is likely to have to sit back and delay. when you take the six separate technologies that constitute nextgen in the interplay and interaction between them it is an order of magnitude more complex. that is not an excuse but it puts a premium on better project management skills and understanding the risk from the beginning and we are very much focused on that. >> mr. churn and one other question. i read something yesterday about potentially us
only agency of the government of the united states of america that is worse than acquisition than the pentagon who is famous for massive waste and cost overrun is the faa? what is wrong with your procurement process and how are we going to fix it? >> as you have heard, we would have in retrospect the eram should have been structured differently. i would tell you that we got the contractors attention at the ceo level to get the changes that we needed quickly. the profile of the kind of...
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the pentagon is watching the cross border attacks with some degree of concern. military officials don't believe it's going to become a broader conflict. syria and turkey have serious consequences. tension has been increasing and ramping up since the start of the syrian war. and nato issued a statement saying that they stan with turkey. >> this is really significant, because turkey is a major ally. and the treaty says that an attack by one country on any ally is an attack on all of the nato allies. so if the syrian regime, and the military get carried away. they're not only going to face the wrath of this in turkey, but also of others -- >> yes, another thing adding to that terrible situation. >> the romney campaign is seizing on remarks by the middle class. is the vice president the best thing to happen to republicans in the white house race, i will speak more about that with the deputy manager, stephanie cutter. standing by to join us live from denver. yummy, scrumptious bars. hmm? i just wanted you to eat more fiber. chewy, oatie, gooeyness... and fraudulence.
the pentagon is watching the cross border attacks with some degree of concern. military officials don't believe it's going to become a broader conflict. syria and turkey have serious consequences. tension has been increasing and ramping up since the start of the syrian war. and nato issued a statement saying that they stan with turkey. >> this is really significant, because turkey is a major ally. and the treaty says that an attack by one country on any ally is an attack on all of the...